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Australian man arrested for selling one million passwords from popular streaming services

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dissent
Alex Hernandez reports:

A 21-year old Australian man has been arrested for allegedly selling Hulu, Spotify, and Netflix passwords online. The Australian man operated a website that generated passwords for popular streaming services including the aforementioned trio. It is being reported that the man made AU$300,000 (US$211,000) from his operation.

The man was arrested after an investigation that involved the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the Australian Federal Police force. The name of the website this Australian man operated was named WickedGen.com, which reportedly boasted over 120,000 users and nearly one million passwords and account details.

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